Mega Millions: Winners in California, Georgia to split jackpot

Tuesday's much-anticipated Mega Millions jackpot, worth an estimated $636 million, will be split by the owners of two winning tickets -- one sold in San Jose, the other in Atlanta, lottery officials said Wednesday.

In California, the winning ticket -- with numbers 8, 14, 17, 20, 39 and a Mega number of 7 -- was sold at Jenny's Gift Shop in San Jose, according to state Lottery spokesman Alex Traverso.

Twenty tickets were sold nationwide that matched five of six numbers, just missing the Mega, and are worth $1 million each, except for two in California that are worth $2.6 million each because of different rules.

"It was a great run," Paula Otto, Virginia Lottery executive director and director for multistate Mega Millions game, said in a statement. "We have two jackpot winners, but the important programs supported by the 45 Mega Millions lotteries are the real winners. During this 22-drawing run, the lotteries generated more than $300 million in profits for those programs."

The jackpot, with a lump-sum cash payout of $341.2 million, is the second-largest ever for the Mega Millions game.

The largest was a $656-million jackpot split by winners from three states in 2012.

"For the lottery in general, anytime the jackpot gets this high, it's always a really exciting time," Traverso said. "Now we can wait for this person to come forward."